Random Cubing Discussion

[amostay2004]

I've seen V-Cubes being sold in a souvenir shop when I was backpacking around Europe as well. I think it was in Prague. Needless to say, the prices were absolutely crazy

 

[mr. giggums]

Woah, this is in Illinois? What stores? Like, Toys 'r Us and such?

While christmas shopping my mom told me a store (Marbles was it's name) that had v-cubes 5 and 7. It was in Naperville, IL.

 

[nitay6669]

well, there are only 2 stores here that sell rubiks brands. one also sell V6 and V7
i asked them why the don't sell V5 and they told me it was because they already got rubiks 5X5:fp

 

[oll+phase+sync]

L2 F R B2 R2 L B' R B2 D B2 U L' R' B2 F R D' L2 U' L R' F2 R2 D

LBL2B2Rxy'
rU'R'URURUMUM'U'r'
U'FRUR'U'F'
U2M'U2M'U'M2U2R2

8.57

33 moves. the solve ends in R2.

By wich way/methode did you recognize the corner case so fast

 

[LearningCode]

Hmm..
I tried googling a CLL-Trainer, but couldn't find one.

So, I made one.
It's crude and I stole the images and algorithms from the Speedsolving wiki with only a few changes to some of the stuff =x

If the original owner of the images doesn't like it there, tell me and I'll come up with an alternative xD
Tell me if it has been of any use to any of you ><

 

[Rpotts]

In the U case, holding the headlights on back, if the two disoriented corners have the same sticker facing up, and the stickers on the front are opposite then you know it's diag - F sexy F'

 

[LearningCode]

Oh, and the site only works on Mozilla Firefox.
It won't work with Chrome or IE because I'm a lazy-ass piece of **** to bother with cross-browser compatibility =x

[EDIT]

In the U case, holding the headlights on back, if the two disoriented corners have the same sticker facing up, and the stickers on the front are opposite then you know it's diag - F sexy F'

*self-facepalm*
I wrote it as:
U'
(F R U)
(R' U' F')

What the hell was I thinking? o.0

[EDIT=2]
Fixed =x

 

[Ranzha]

r u r' u' r' f r2 u' r' u' r u r' f' u

 

[LearningCode]

R' L' U2 L2 R2 U2 L R D M2 D2 M2 D M2 D2

 

[qqwref]

R' L' U2 L2 R2 U2 L R D M2 D2 M2 D M2 D2

M2 u M2 U2 M2 U M2 U D'

 

[LearningCode]

M2 u M2 U2 M2 U M2 U D'

;O

 

[Rpotts]

LearningCode - That program is nice, the images are fine, but goddamn do some of those algs suck. Please add good algs (maybe multiple for different cases) for instance - you use the 3x3 Double sune for the pure H case, when you could use R2 U2 R' U2 R2, way better.
check out David Woner's site for lots of good 2x2 algs

Also, grouping algs in triggers is nice, but it looks cleaner and is easier to follow if it's laid out horizontally, not vertically.

imo this - (R' U2 R) y (R' U R' U') (R U' R) looks nicer than
-
(R' U2 R) y
(R' U R' U')
(R U' R)

 

[LearningCode]

Sorry ><
I stole all of them from the Speedsolving wiki =x

I'll get to it ^^

 

[Tyjet66]

In reference to the discussion on the previous page (V-cubes being sold in stores,) I live near the Mall of America and I haven't seen any V-cubes there.

 

[TheMachanga]

Woah, this is in Illinois? What stores? Like, Toys 'r Us and such?

Chicago is pretty much LOADED with v-cubes. We have Cat and Mouse, Marbles: The Brain Store, This other game store (sells jig-puzzles and board games), and many more. I went to downtown today and found some while window shopping. The prices are as I recall: V-cube 7 is around $49. That's all I saw though, I think V5 was $27 but I don't remember.

 

[Rpotts]

In reference to the discussion on the previous page (V-cubes being sold in stores,) I live near the Mall of America and I haven't seen any V-cubes there.

My friend bought his 5x5 and 7x7 from the Marbles puzzle store in MoA after Cubetcha

 

[Tyjet66]

My friend bought his 5x5 and 7x7 from the Marbles puzzle store in MoA after Cubetcha

Hmm... Next time I go, I'll have to check it out.

 

[Nestor]

4x4 edge flip

http://alg.garron.us/?alg=y-_y_2R_U..._2R-_2L-_U2_2L_u2_2R2_3R2_u2_2R_3R&cube=4x4x4

Time to change parity alg... :O

 

[whauk]

multislotting:
x R U r2 U' R2 U r2 U' R' x'

this is actually fast and useful (in case one slot is already filled like this)

 

[StachuK1992]

multislotting:
x R U r2 U' R2 U r2 U' R' x'

this is actually fast and useful (in case one slot is already filled like this)

that's actually really cool! Thanks.